NameyMcName

Drakxxx wrote:Nothing against Ramy, but giving one of his designs a Editor's Choice spot when there are so many other great honorable mentions by artists who haven't even got a design to print yet is rather disappointing, and in poor taste a bit.

I know the staff has it's reasons, but this does rub me the wrong way personally a bit.

Congrats just the same Ramy, and no hard feelings. Just my 2 cents.

Don't forget to complain in tjost's thread from yesterday, then. He has a shirt in the reckoning that has sold 48415 (the current best seller).

L3g3ndQ

i would hate it when a teacher would say "show your work!" because i usually never had any and when i did it was usually just random numbers all over the page. i ticked off a lot of math teachers back in school.

as for today's shirt i wish it would have been the dia de los muertos girl, B^( i hope that gets picked next!!!

jhillgate

Anyone actually click on the Raccoon Dog link in the description? Is this a real thing? How, with my Summa Cum Laude Doctorate of Wiki and previous knowitallness was I not aware these existed? How were these not Pokemon? Seriously, ????????????????? Anyway, thanks for the new shirt and my new desktop bg.

shlamele24

Drakxxx

NameyMcName wrote:Don't forget to complain in tjost's thread from yesterday, then. He has a shirt in the reckoning that has sold 48415 (the current best seller).

I'm disappointed in this design being an Editor's Choice because Ramyb has seen quite a lot of success in the weekly contest, and again, no offense to him, but in my opinion, this design really doesn't break any molds in comparison to what he usually wins with.

As I mentioned before, I understand shirt woot has to look at things from a business perspective, and taking that into consideration, this design is probably a good choice for them. But with the limited number of spots available for this special prints, I think it would have been a nice gesture to see designs from some of the newer or less established artists who have been working hard in the contests. Honorable mentions have been given out to some really great work since the last take 2 contest.

Again wooters, this is only my personal opinion. No hard feelings to Ramy or the shirt woot staff.

capsfanbryce

Drakxxx wrote:I'm disappointed in this design being an Editor's Choice because Ramyb has seen quite a lot of success in the weekly contest, and again, no offense to him, but in my opinion, this design really doesn't break any molds in comparison to what he usually wins with.

As I mentioned before, I understand shirt woot has to look at things from a business perspective, and taking that into consideration, this design is probably a good choice for them. But with the limited number of spots available for this special prints, I think it would have been a nice gesture to see designs from some of the newer or less established artists who have been working hard in the contests. Honorable mentions have been given out to some really great work since the last take 2 contest.

Again wooters, this is only my personal opinion. No hard feelings to Ramy or the shirt woot staff.

The level-headed members of the community understand your gripe with Woot's choice. There's a massive difference between one artist having a shirt on the reckoning and another artists who constantly has 2-3 (sometimes even 4) shirts in the reckoning.

This would've been a great opportunity to showcase a newer artist, but c'est la vie.

citizencoyote

Drakxxx wrote:As I mentioned before, I understand shirt woot has to look at things from a business perspective, and taking that into consideration, this design is probably a good choice for them. But with the limited number of spots available for this special prints, I think it would have been a nice gesture to see designs from some of the newer or less established artists who have been working hard in the contests. Honorable mentions have been given out to some really great work since the last take 2 contest.

I completely agree. I kinda like the design, but I always enjoy seeing the lesser known artists get exposure through the EC program. I'd have the same reaction if the shirt was from patrickspens or walmazan.

At any rate, congrats to Ramy for the unexpected print. At least it's not a turbunguin. ;)

deltax20a

It's one thing when most of us who've been around for enough of these see it, facepalm, and wonder why they chose a typical ramy design for an EC, but it's another that Woot blatantly acknowledges the fact the community here is largely divided by this choice, as well as previous choices.

Narfcake

citizencoyote wrote:I completely agree. I kinda like the design, but I always enjoy seeing the lesser known artists get exposure through the EC program. I'd have the same reaction if the shirt was from patrickspens or walmazan.

At any rate, congrats to Ramy for the unexpected print. At least it's not a turbunguin. ;)

I agree too, though I will err on the side of geek cred versus the business decision. As discussed in other threads, votes/comments/sales are not really correlated, so I won't say that selecting this meant that it was for the numbers.

peachtek

geekygirlygirl wrote:No judgments here. I bought one for the same reason. I plan on asking kids what they think it means when I wear it during the cell biology unit and raffling off a prize among those who figured it out.

missmelis

I don't necessarily object to the printing of this shirt, but I DO object to the woot!writer including a Wikipedia link in the shirt description. For a random-knowledge junkie, that's like being thrown into the world's most tantalizing maze! I lost four hours of my life, and somehow ended up reading about the Dark Ages of Cambodia. And yes, woot!, I DO blame you. *shakes fist*

The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. - Edgar Allan Poe

DianaSprinkle

raevynpheather

Ya, gotta love how many complaints there are about a shirt that sold out. Most ECs end up selling about 1000 shirts and are a colossal waste of a day. Woot is not about working hard and eventually getting a shirt sold, it is about making shirts that people want to buy, and no one does that better than Ramyb.

cjsvolley

I love this shirt, both in its dorky humor and its artistry. I also find it hilarious that this shirt came in 4th on it's derby, missed out on a resub derby, but then is an editor's choice and is one of (if not the only) shirts left from said derbies.

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